Parents are usually proud of their children when they take their first steps, but for Lovely Johnson, it made her daughter her hero. The texas mother watched in awe recently as her 6-year-old daughter, Love, with cerebral palsy was able to take her first steps without any help. Love, who suffers from the congenital disorder…

Everyone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn’t hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands. Listen quietly for a…

The University of California, Los Angeles has announced a $20 million gift from alumnus Matthew C. Harris (’84) and his wife, Jennifer, to establish an institute dedicated to understanding kindness. The institute, which is housed in the division of social sciences, will support world-class research on kindness, create opportunities to translate that research into real-world…

Many times, my daughter, Grace Anna, has been referred to as a “cute, little baby.” She is a nine-year-old girl, not a baby. This kind of statement never goes over quite well. Grace Anna is becoming increasingly aware of how people look at her and assume things about her because she doesn’t fit the “normal”…

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